Episode · This Week in Startups · 2020-07-29
Jason Calacanis & Daphne Koller: books mentioned on This Week in Startups
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Jason Calacanis discussed The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a foundational business guide that advocates for validated learning, rapid experimentation, and minimum viable products to help entrepreneurs build successful companies without wasting time or resources.
Discussed“so when i pick up you know a book by thomas friedman or i see the lean startup behind you and i pick that up and i read three or four or five of the chapters and i feel like i've gotten a lot out of it and i don't finish the book”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Martian
“think of the martian as an example of the you know a movie right he took a person and put him in a completely different situation and he just figured it out”